FAAPI 2013 Pre-Conference Events

Tuesday, 24 September 2013

Co-organised by

Asociación de Profesores de Inglés de Buenos Aires (APIBA) Asociación Civil Sin Fines de Lucro, Personería Jurídica c.7111, Res. 8524/79 www.apiba.org.ar

Organiser of the 38th FAAPI Annual Conference, 26-27-28 Sept 2013 www.apiba.org.ar/faapi13

Programa de Educación Plurilingüe e Intercultural, Dirección

General de Cultura y Educación, Provincia de Buenos Aires

The following in-service training sessions are offered free of charge by APIBA to teachers

of English of state-run Primary and/or Secondary schools in APIBA’s jurisdiction:

Estatutos de APIBA. Artículo 2º.- Del Objeto.- La Asociación tiene por objeto. a) Fomentar el

perfeccionamiento de los profesores de inglés y trabajar por la constante superación y actualización de

los planes de estudio, programas y métodos de enseñanza de la especialidad en todos los niveles. (…)

Read more: www.apiba.org.ar/quienes-somos/estatutos

Venues

Morning: Universidad Nacional Arturo Jauretche (UNAJ)

Av. Calchaquí 6200, Florencio Varela, Prov. de Buenos Aires

Afternoon: Escuela Normal Superior "Próspero G. Alemandri"

Instituto Superior de Formación Docente N° 100

Av. Belgrano 355, Avellaneda, Prov. de Buenos Aires

FAAPI 2013 Pre-Conference Events

Tuesday, 24 September 2013

Programme

09.00 - 09.15 Arrival

09.15 - 09.45 Opening

09.45 - 10.45 “Seven!”, Gabriel Diaz Maggioli (Macmillan)

There are 7 days in a week, seven colors in the rainbow and, mystics say, seven

energy centers in our bodies. In this presentation we will explore seven

certainties about learning and see how we can help learners achieve them

through our teaching.

Gabriel Diaz Maggioli is Dean of the School of Language Learning at Teaching and Director of

the MATESOL program at The New School, a university in New York. His research revolves

around Sociocultural Theory as applied to the development of a viable pedagogy for teacher

education.

10.45 - 11.00 Break

11.00 - 12.00 “Sounds Fun”, Robin Walker (Oxford University Press)

Research has shown that young learners are very good at imitating the sounds, rhythm and intonation

that characterize the pronunciation of English. We now also have a much clearer idea as to which

features of English pronunciation are essential for successful oral communication. This talk first explores

our priorities when working on pronunciation with young learners, and then looks at a variety of practical

techniques to help us to teach pronunciation in a meaningful, motivating manner.

Robin Walker is a freelance language teacher, teacher educator, and materials writer. He has been

involved in ELT since moving to Spain in 1981. In this time, he worked for over 20 years in ESP as a

lecturer in English at the University School of Tourism of Asturias. He has also collaborated

extensively with many of Spain’s state teacher training centres, with the University of Oviedo, and with

Oxford University Press España. Robin is co-author of Tourism 1 (Provision), Tourism 2 (Encounters)

and Tourism3 (Management) in OUP’s Oxford English for Careers series. In 2010 he published

Teaching the Pronunciation of English as a Lingua franca for the OUP teacher’s handbook series. A

former Vice-president of TESOL-SPAIN, he is the Newsletter editor of the IATEFL Pronunciation

Special Interest Group. http://oupeltglobalblog.com/tag/robin-walker

FAAPI 2013 Pre-Conference Events

Tuesday, 24 September 2013

Programme

14.00 – 14.15 Arrival

14.15 – 14.45 Opening

14.45 - 15.45 “Becoming a writer: helping pupils develop their writing skills”

Clare Furneaux, The University of Reading

Writing is one of the most difficult activities humans do. How can teachers help children to learn how to do

it well? This session will discuss what learning to write involves and how teachers can help their pupils

develop this important skill – both in their mother tongue and/or a foreign language.

Clare Furneaux, The University of Reading, UK. Academic Director for the campus-based MA

Applied Linguistics and MA English Language Teaching programmes; Academic Director for the MA

English Language Teaching by Distance Study; Postgraduate programmes in Applied Linguistics

Board of Studies Member. Clare teaches the following modules: Core Issues in English Language

Teaching, Language Curriculum Design, Language Teaching Portfolio: Classroom Practical

component, The Teaching of Written Language, Teaching English to Young Learners, Teaching the

Language Skills, Literacy: Social, educational and cognitive perspectives. Clare currently supervises

8 PhD students in the areas of second language writing. Clare's EdD included an Institution Focused

Study entitled 'Undergraduates and Technology: Uses and Attitudes', and a thesis entitled 'Masters

Level Study in a British Context: Developing Writers'. Her research interests are concerned with

developing second language writing skills (especially in English for Academic Purposes contexts) and on-line/distance

learning. She also supervises research in the areas of curriculum design and study skills.

15.45 - 16.00 Break

16.00 - 17.00 In-service training